King of Underworld - Chapter 47



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The Tragedy of Oedipus – (2)

“Oh my… A mortal suffers because of Ares’ curse…”

An old woman’s voice that seemed to come from inside her head, or rather from the earth.

Could it be God?! Is God speaking to him to punish him?

“Who are you? Are you a god who has appeared to mock and punish me?”

Oedipus cried out in a voice that seemed to boil from the depths of his being.

After a moment of silence, he heard a soft whisper.

“You’re misunderstanding something. I’m not one of those Olympian gods who ruined your life. On the contrary, I’m one of their enemies.”

“You say we’re enemies…?”

A voice heard from a high being, far beyond human reach.

As Oedipus struggles to calm his excitement and catches his breath, the voice of the god echoes in his ears.

“Do you know that Cadmus, the founder of Thebes, was cursed with misfortune for killing Dracon, a son of Ares?”

“A curse… you mean? Could it be that it’s been passed down through generations…?”

“There is nothing wrong with you. It is all the fault of the Olympian gods.”

Oedipus’ eyes began to become increasingly bloodshot and strangely red.

A strange energy flows from the earth, driving him mad and making his judgment difficult.

“If it weren’t for them, you wouldn’t have killed your father and married your mother.”

“Huh… huh…”

A word that seemed to give a revelation to him who was struggling with a crazy sense of inferiority.

My head, which had been hurting, gradually began to feel better and my thoughts became simpler.

Yeah… that’s right.

If only there weren’t any damned gods…

All this is not Oedipus’ fault, but the gods’ fault!

So what you have to do is…

“Now you have found the right path. I, Gaia, give you my blessings.”

The destruction of all the temples of the hated Olympian gods in Thebes.

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The first thing King Oedipus did when he returned to the palace was to banish the prophet.

The prophet’s words were heard only by Oedipus, so if he were banished and later killed, the secret would be kept.

“I banish you for daring to tell lies to the king. Leave Thebes at once!”

“…All right.”

“Your Majesty, but the prophet Tiresias…”

“I don’t want to hear it! Guards! Take Iza out!”

Unlike when he had asked the prophet to be brought to him with respect,

Everyone was shocked by the sight of King Oedipus chasing him out with a completely changed attitude.

But it didn’t end there.

“Gather the troops, I will lead them myself.”

“Your Majesty, what are the soldiers doing…”

“The reason there is a plague in Thebes is because there are temples to the god of madness and the god of the underworld, so I plan to destroy the temples built on the outskirts of the city!”

At this, all the servants were embarrassed and tried to stop Oedipus.

No one has forgotten how King Pentheus died for offending the god Dionysus.

What’s more, this time they even touched the temple of Pluto, who rules over the underworld.

Has the wise king who saved Thebes from the Sphinx gone mad?

“Your Majesty, calm down and think again. If you attack the temple, the wrath of the gods will be directed at Thebes!”

“Pluto rules the underworld, but he is also a god of mercy. Please make the right decision again…”

“I don’t know what you heard from the prophet, but…”

A change in the saintly king who was helping the people suffering from the plague until yesterday.

Everyone desperately tried to persuade him, because if they attacked the temple as he said, Thebes could have been destroyed.

But for some reason he was too stubborn.

As if possessed by something.

“Everyone be quiet! The plague in Thebes is the fault of the gods. If we destroy and destroy their temples, the disease will go away!”

The subjects remained silent at the king’s rebuke.

A look of despair appeared on their faces, but there was nothing they could do.

As soon as the ordered troops were summoned to the palace, Oedipus himself drew his sword and shouted:

His bloodshot eyes and strangely excited appearance were obviously not normal.

“From now on, we will head to the temple of Dionysus! Let us destroy the temple of the gods who spread the plague!”

The soldiers of Thebes are caught off guard by the king’s sudden change in orders.

A murmur gradually spread among them.

“What is Your Majesty talking about?”

“Is the tragedy of King Pentheus happening again…”

“You want to fight the god Dionysus?!”

“Why is the plague the fault of Dionysus…?”

Naturally, the general leading the soldiers also steps forward to petition the king.

The eyes of the commander and the king, who were walking towards him to offer advice, met.

“Your Majesty, do you really intend to attack the temple? If you do that, you will incur the wrath of the gods…”

“Shut up! The Olympian gods are above the clouds, but I am here before you now!”

“Ugh!”

Phew-

King Oedipus cut off the general’s head in one stroke.

Red blood was sprayed and the crowd was gripped with fear.

Let alone the fact that he killed someone he had always favored…

Because the king’s light swing of the sword split the human body vertically.

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“Does anyone dare to oppose what I say?”

Clearly inhuman strength.

Everyone realized that something had changed in the once wise king.

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The temple of Dionysus received an unexpected visitor.

Soldiers with ominous weapons surrounded the temple with anxious eyes.

“What the hell is going on?”

“Bring out everyone inside the temple and put them in prison! Anyone who resists may be beheaded!”

King Oedipus took the lead and threatened the priests of the gods.

His subordinate soldiers also aimed their spears at the believers with anxious expressions on their faces.

“I don’t know if this is the right thing to do..”

“Be quiet! Do you want to die by His Majesty’s sword?”

“Ugh… We’re going to be punished.”

However, the morale of the soldiers was low.

Because there was no human who would not hesitate to do something as crazy as attacking a temple.

“Arrest the believers immediately! Anyone who retreats will be cut down!”

Dionysus is invisible, but the king’s sword is close.

At the icy king’s scolding, gloomy-faced soldiers began to arrest the believers.

Until a giant leopard appeared out of nowhere and started biting the soldiers.

Krrrrung!

“Eww!”

“Punishment, punishment!”

When a giant beast several times larger than a normal leopard appeared and began to aim for the nape of a human’s neck, King Oedipus stepped forward.

“Get out of the way! This kind of divine being is nothing!”

As he walked forward, his feet much larger than the others…

The leopard also seemed to recognize the culprit who had threatened the believers of Dionysus and rushed at them fiercely.

Krrrr! Hah!

Kaang-

Oedipus’ sword flashes and cuts off the leopard’s claws.

The fight between the hero and the divine beast was enough to drive ordinary people crazy.

“Put the pressure down!”

A sword fit for a king and hero who saved Thebes, slashing through the air.

Shinsoo also quickly dodged the attack, but…

“Hehehe.. Got you. This guy.”

Krrrrrr!

Oedipus threw away his sword and grabbed the leopard’s neck with his bare hands.

Something that would be impossible for a normal human being.

However, the power he received from Gaia elevated his body to the rank of a hero,

In the end, he ended up strangling the god to death.

Kuung!

“Ugh… crazy..!”

“Your Majesty defeated the divine beast with his bare hands…?!”

“Have you all seen clearly? The god Dionysus is nothing! Set fire to the temple!”

Oedipus the King roars with veins bulging on his muscular arms.

All the soldiers were afraid of him and set fire to the temple.

“Is this… right…”

“I told you to be quiet…! Do you want to die before His Majesty right now?”

Behind King Oedipus smiling while looking at the burning temple,

Light slowly began to enter the eyes of the leopard corpse he had thrown away.

“Uh… uh! Over there!”

“He’s clearly dead…?”

The fallen leopard slowly rose up, glared at King Oedipus, and opened its mouth.

What comes out of the mouth of the beast, stained red with blood, are human words.

“Are you the king of Thebes now?”

Is it the howl of a beast, or the whisper of madness?

The humans trembled in fear at the low, resonating voice of the leopard.

“You dare to turn my temple into this? You will never die in peace…”

After Dionysus’s venomous words that had briefly taken hold of the leopard stopped moving again.

Oedipus’ fate was now all but decided, but he felt no fear.

“Tch! Even if you’re a god, all you can do is send a beast!”

In his appearance, he spat on the dead god and insulted him without hesitation,

There was no sign of the wise king who had cleverly defeated the Sphinx.

“Is that all you’re threatening to put a curse on me because the god I trusted is dead?! What can I do? My life itself is a curse!”

Oedipus roars to the sky.

His reddened eyes and face create an eerie atmosphere that causes the soldiers to retreat.

The burned temple of Dionysus stands out,

The soldiers were slightly relieved that they would no longer have to commit any more blasphemies.

The soldiers thought that once they returned, they would pray to Dionysus for forgiveness.

however…

A sound like a bolt from the blue soon reached their ears.

“Next, I will burn down the temple of Hades! Everyone, follow me!”

What? Whose temple…?!

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